The Union government is drawing up a plan to help children survive and thrive, Ministry of Planning and Finance director general Daw Whar Whar Maung told The Myanmar Times yesterday. Specifics details were not released for the plan, which was discussed at a meeting in Nay Pyi Taw on October 21, b...

Myanmar and Japan will soon sign a memorandum to promote cooperation on environmental issues, said U Hla Maung Thein, director general of the Department of Environment, on the sidelines of a wastewater management workshop held in Nay Pyi Taw. “We have sent the memorandum to the government and onc...

Somali forces have called on the people of Barawe to support the government, now that it is back in control of the southern coastal town. The port in the Lower Shebelle region had been a stronghold of the armed group Al Shabab for six years. Al Jazeera's Catherine Soi reports from Barawe in so...

Two top members of the Peace Process Steering Team (PPST) will be replaced to strengthen it, the panel’s leader said on Tuesday. Saw Mutu Sae Poe, leader of the PPST – which comprises the armed ethnic groups that signed a truce with the government – said the team is meeting to discuss the leaders...